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• Alphonsus Goetschalckx, Nieuwmoer (B)
• Arthur Aloijsius Gerardus Swartelé, Koewacht († 1899)
• Alida Jacoba Erkes, Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Adrianus Doelman, Vlaardinger-Ambacht († 1992)
• Achille Jean Baptist VAN DURME, Aalst († 1949)
• Anna Willemina van Zuilekom, Wichmond
• Aaltje Elling, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Soeters, Raamsdonk († 1950)
• van Kalmpthout, Haarlemmermeer
• AMEDE JOZEF PYL, TEMSE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1899)

• Aafie Engelse Nielen (93), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bood (41), Barsingerhorn
• Aaltje Bood (41), Barsingerhorn
• Anna Maria Epskamp (60), Rheden,Rheden,Gelderland,Nederland
• Anna Rijnart (44)
• Aafje Nielen (93), Assendelft
• Adrien Auguste Joubert (0), Crest (26), France
• Albertje Struik (43), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Anna Margrieta van Graafeiland (79), Vlissingen
• Anna Maria Elskamp (60), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1894 » Chic Harley, American football player († 1974)
• 1894 » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1894 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic († 1977)
• 1895 » Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d.1977)
• 1897 » Merle Curti, American historian and author († 1997)
• 1898 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author († 1936)
• 1901 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge († 1985)
• 1903 » Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler († 1992)
• 1904 » Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author († 1988)
• 1904 » Umberto II of Italy († 1983)

• 1859 » Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
• 1864 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
• 1883 » Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
• 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
• April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
• June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
• July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

The temperature on September 15, 1899 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.